Nebraskans celebrate many different special days. Below, some of those days are listed. Some of us have researched these different days to tell why they are celebrated.
George Norris Day (January 5th)
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/norris/moreinfo.htm
Norris was born in 1861 in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. When he was only three years old both his older brother and his father died, leaving his mother, Mary Magdalene Norris, to raise and provide for George and his six sisters.
Hope Wantoch
http://www.arbor-day.net/
The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), a Nebraska journalist and politician originally from Michigan. Throughout his long and productive career, Morton worked to improve agricultural techniques in his adopted state and throughout the United States when he served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture. But his most important legacy is Arbor Day.
Nicholas
Special Days in Nebraska
Nebraskans celebrate many different special days. Below, some of those days are listed. Some of us have researched these different days to tell why they are celebrated.George Norris Day (January 5th)
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/norris/moreinfo.htmNorris was born in 1861 in York Township, Sandusky County, Ohio. When he was only three years old both his older brother and his father died, leaving his mother, Mary Magdalene Norris, to raise and provide for George and his six sisters.
Hope Wantoch
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000139
Moved to Beaver City, NE in 1885.
On Jan. 5th we honor the longtime Nebraska politician George Norris.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/23-24.pdf
Weston
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAnorris.htm
George William Norris was born in Sandusky, Ohio, on 11th July, 1861. His father, a small farmer, died in 1864 and the family lived in near poverty.
Lacey
http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/norris/moreinfo.htm
Tragedy struck in 1901 when Norris's wife, Pluma, died leaving George with three young daughters to raise. In 1903 Norris married again. His new wife was a local schoolteacher and principal, Ellie Leonard. She was to be his lifelong companion.
Merrick
Nebraska State Day (March 1st)
The day Nebraska joined the Union in 1867.Weston
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/23-24.pdf
Pioneer Memorial Day (second Sunday in June)
Arbor Day (last Friday in April)
http://www.arbor-day.net/The first Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska. It was the brainchild of Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902), a Nebraska journalist and politician originally from Michigan. Throughout his long and productive career, Morton worked to improve agricultural techniques in his adopted state and throughout the United States when he served as President Grover Cleveland's Secretary of Agriculture. But his most important legacy is Arbor Day.
Nicholas
American Indian Day (fourth Monday in September)
Omaha Indian Awareness Week (May 1st-May 7th)
Nebraska Czech Day (first Sunday in August)
The date coincides with the annual Czech Festival at Wilber, which has been designated as the Czech capital of Nebraska and the US.Jaxson
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/23-24.pdf